Netroots Nation

Netroots Nation is the fomer "Yearly Kos" conference that brings together more than 1,000 liberal bloggers. 

Websitw: http://www.netrootsnation.org/

2008 Board and Staff

 * Adam Bonin, Chair, Board of Directors
 * Email is: adam AT netrootsnation.org
 * John Aravosis
 * Raven Brooks
 * Cheryl Contee
 * Arshad Hasan
 * Karen Kolber
 * Markos Moulitsas
 * Mary Rickles
 * Marna Riser
 * Jon Shiffman
 * Nolan Treadway

2008 Netroots Nation conference in Austin, Texas

 * John Stauber, Netroots Nation Convenes in Austin: True Blue and On Message, PRWatch.org, July 17, 2008.
 * List of Speakers: http://www.netrootsnation.org/speakers-2008

Sponsoring organizations of the July, 2008 conference, each paying $5,000 or more, included:
 * 23/6
 * 5 Steps Forward Media.
 * Advomatic
 * Amplify
 * Aristotle
 * American Civil Liberties Union
 * America’s Voice
 * Blogads.com
 * Blackrock Associates
 * Blue State Digital (
 * Brennan Center for Justice
 * Bullitics.com
 * Center for Constitutional Rights
 * Center for Independent Media
 * Change to Win
 * ClickToBlue
 * The Clinton Group (TCG)
 * CommonDreams.org
 * Commonweal Institute
 * Dallas Air America Radio Group
 * Democracy for America
 * Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
 * Democratic National Committee
 * EMILY’s List
 * Environmental Defense Fund
 * Fletcher Rowley Chao Riddle
 * Friends of the Earth Action
 * GoLeft.TV
 * The Human Rights Campaign
 * Informed Meetings Exchange (INMEX)
 * International Brotherhood of Teamsters
 * Living Liberally
 * Media Matters for America
 * Mission Control
 * Mobile Commons
 * Mochila
 * Mother Jones
 * MoveOn.org Political Action
 * NARAL Pro-Choice America
 * The Nation
 * New House PAC
 * NDN
 * NGP Software
 * ONE.org
 * Progressive Book Club
 * Russo Strategies, LLC
 * SEIU
 * Sierra Club
 * Texas Observer
 * United Healthcare Workers
 * VoteVets.org
 * VShift
 * Wired for Change

SourceWatch Resources

 * ActBlue
 * Astroturf blogging
 * blogging
 * blogosphere
 * blogs
 * Jerome Armstrong
 * internet activism
 * Markos Moulitsas Zúniga
 * Matt Stoller
 * Joe Trippi
 * MoveOn
 * pro-war in Iraq bloggers
 * The Daily Kos
 * Townhouse listserv

External Articles

 * Jose Antonio Vargas, 'Net Roots' Event Becomes Democrats' Other National Convention, Washington Post, August 3, 2007.
 * John Stauber, Coffee with the Troops at Yearkly Kos Fuels Debate About Netroots and the War, PRWatch.org, August 6, 2007.
 * Eric Alterman, The Rise and Rise of Netroots Nation, Huggington Post, August 8, 2007.
 * John Stauber, Iraq: The "Gift" That Keeps on Bleeding, PRWatch.org, August 20, 2007.